A huge congratulations to @Baba Sam Shelley who just launched his brand-new book, Healing Isn’t Your Job! Baba Sam has been following the guidance, implementing the resources, and putting in the work, and his book has now reached #1 Bestseller status in all three of its categories: 🥇 #1 in Chronic Pain 🥇 #1 in Pain Management 🥇 #1 in New Age Mental & Spiritual Healing In the book, Baba Sam shares his powerful personal story of living with five incurable diagnoses before transforming his life by learning to let go of what he calls the “head trash.” Healing Isn’t Your Job explores how mental noise, chronic overthinking, and the constant pressure to “fix” yourself can keep your nervous system on high alert. It offers practical tools to release that pressure, quiet the mind, and reconnect with your body’s wisdom—without telling readers to ignore their doctors or change their medical care. Even better, the book is currently FREE on Amazon through 🗓️ September 1st! 👉 GO GET THE FREE EBOOK NOW Go download your copy, support a fellow independent author, and help Baba Sam celebrate this incredible launch! 🎉📚

If you’re publishing books on Amazon, Amazon Author Central is one of those free tools you absolutely want to take advantage of. Your Author Central profile gives readers a place to learn more about you and discover your other books. You can add your author bio, connect your books to your profile, add photos, and create a more professional presence on Amazon. But there are also some useful features behind the scenes that authors sometimes forget about. I was checking one of my pen name profiles and just noticed that it has ❤️ 616 Amazon followers! 🤯 I honestly hadn’t been paying much attention to that number. When someone follows you on Amazon, they may receive updates when you release new books, which gives you another built-in audience you can continue growing over time. Author Central is also a great place to: - Track your Amazon followers - Monitor reviews across the books connected to that author/pen name - Manage your author bio and profile - Claim and organize your books - See how your author brand appears to readers on Amazon If you use multiple pen names, you can also manage the books and activity associated with those author identities. 👉 You can set yours up for free at Amazon Author Central: author.amazon.com If you haven't created your profile yet, add this to your publishing checklist. Even if you only have one book right now, you’re building an author presence that can grow right alongside your catalog. Do you have your Author Central profile set up yet? And if you do — go check your follower count! 👀

Based on @Krista Brea advice, I put Healing Isn't Your Job on a free Kindle promotion two days ago. As of this morning, it's sitting at: - #1 in Chronic Pain - #1 in Pain Management - #1 in New Age Mental & Spiritual Healing - (#1,605 across the entire free Kindle store) To be clear about what that actually means: these are the free Kindle charts, not the paid ones. It’s a different list, but it matters for a different reason. But what it does mean is that hundreds of people who had never heard of me now have this book open on their phone—people in pain, at 3 AM, looking for something to help. That is the part I care about. And that happened because of this community. People here downloaded it, told a friend, and shared it in their own groups. Nobody paid for an ad—you did that. 📖 It’s still FREE through Tuesday, September 1st: 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HF2RBHWX How you can help right now: - If you haven't grabbed it: Download it today while it costs nothing. (No Kindle needed—the free Kindle app works on any phone, tablet, or laptop.) - If you already have it: The most helpful thing you can do is copy that link and send it to one person who is still in the fight. That’s how it reached #1, and that’s how it stays visible long enough to reach the next person who needs it. Thank you. 🙏❤️

It’s exciting to see reader reviews coming in from the US, Germany, Australia, and beyond for my new launch. But as many of you know, Amazon keeps reviews mostly isolated to their specific country's marketplace. I’d love to know how other authors approach this: 1. How do you monitor international storefronts without manually checking every regional link? 2. What's your favorite way to feature non-US reviews on social media or your author site?

We could all use a little accountability - Including myself ❤️ Read the questions then grab the template at the bottom and make a post 🗒️ 1️⃣ What is **one specific thing** you completed on your book this week? Examples: * Finalized my book topic * Chose my main keyword + category * Wrote 1,200 words * Edited Chapter 1 * Uploaded my manuscript draft 2️⃣ What is the one thing you can commit to finishing by next week? Examples: * Write 2 chapters * Finish book outline * Draft my book description * Collect 10 competitor book screenshots 3️⃣ One blocker - What slowed you down or got in your way this week? This gives you: * Content ideas * Coaching opportunities * Workshop themes * DM conversations for higher-level support 4️⃣ Where are you at right now? 🔥 On track 🟡 Progress but slow 🔴 Stuck 🧠 Overthinking ⏸️ Life happened Drop your update below 👇 (Keep it short — progress > perfection) 1️⃣ **One thing you completed this week:** 2️⃣ **One thing you’re committing to finish next week:** 3️⃣ **Any blocker slowing you down? (optional)** 4️⃣ **Status emoji:** 🔥 🟡 🔴 🧠 ⏸️ I’ll be reviewing these to and helping to move you forward!